Meaning of 熬夜
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
áoyè
- to stay up late or all night
熬夜 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
妈妈总是告诉我晚上不要熬夜太晚。
Mother always tells me not to sit up late at night.
你最好不要熬夜。
You'd better not stay up late.
她熬夜习惯了。
She is used to staying up late.
我们习惯熬夜。
We're used to staying up late.
玛丽昨晚熬夜。
Mary stayed up late last night.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
熬 áo · to cook on a slow fire · 14 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
夜 yè · night · 8 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
Related words
Words that share a character with 熬夜.
| 半夜 | bànyè | midnight; in the middle of the night |
| 夜里 | yèlǐ | during the night; at night |
| 夜间 | yèjiān | nighttime; evening or night (e.g. classes) |
| 黑夜 | hēiyè | night |
| 日夜 | rìyè | day and night; around the clock |
| 开夜车 | kāi yèchē | to burn the midnight oil; to work late into the night |
| 夜晚 | yèwǎn | night |
| 夜总会 | yèzǒnghuì | nightclub; nightspot |
| 深夜 | shēnyè | very late at night |
| 夜班 | yèbān | night shift |
| 夜校 | yèxiào | evening school; night school |
| 彻夜 | chèyè | the whole night |
Questions about 熬夜
What does 熬夜 mean?
熬夜 (áoyè) means "to stay up late or all night".
How do you write 熬夜?
熬夜 is made of 2 characters: 熬 (14 strokes), 夜 (8 strokes). That is 22 strokes in total.
Is 熬夜 an HSK word?
Yes. 熬夜 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.